{"id":279073,"date":"2023-07-11T19:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=279073"},"modified":"2023-07-11T19:42:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:42:01","slug":"gunmen-storm-ebonyi-community-kidnap-catholic-priest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/11\/gunmen-storm-ebonyi-community-kidnap-catholic-priest\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen storm Ebonyi community, kidnap Catholic priest"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The priest was abducted close to his parish<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The kidnappers have reached out for ransom payment, the Church disclosed<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Gunmen wreaking havoc in Nigeria&#8217;s south east have kidnapped a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/07\/thirteen-sit-at-home-enforcers-two-herbalists-arrested-in-ebonyi\/\">Ebonyi state.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three others persons, whose identity are not revealed, were also kidnapped by the assailants duration the Monday abduction.<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Azubuike is the Parish Priest of St. Charles Parish, Mgbaleze village, Isu community, in Onicha Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Chancellor of the Abakaliki Diocese, Rev Father Mathew Opoke confirmed the incident in a statement, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Opoke, Fr. Azubuike was kidnapped close to his parish on his way back from evangelical duties.<\/p>\n<p>Opoke revealed the kidnappers had established contact with the Diocese and demanded an undisclosed amount of ransom.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read, \u201cKindly pray for the unconditional release of Very Rev. Fr. 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He was abducted alongside three other people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe abductors are making financial demands but with your prayers, we are going to have them back unconditionally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya could not be reached for comment, as of the time of filing this report, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Abduction of clergymen in the beleaguered south east became rampant after insecurity morphed into a somewhat permanent feature of the region amid growing agitation by a faction of the secessionist group called IPOB.<\/p>\n<p>In May, a priest with Okigwe Catholic Diocese in Imo State, Rev Fr Jude Maduka, was kidnapped.<\/p>\n<p>The priest was kidnapped while preparing for the Sunday\u2019s Eucharistic Mass celebration on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The priest was abducted close to his parish The kidnappers have reached out for ransom payment, the Church disclosed. Gunmen wreaking havoc in Nigeria&#8217;s south east have kidnapped a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike in Ebonyi state. 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